De jure magistratum

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...were widely read in his time; his Greek editions and Latin translations of the New Testament were basic sources for the Geneva Bible and the King James Version (1611). His
De jure magistratum (1574; “On the Rights of the Magistrate”), defending the right of revolt against tyranny, grew out of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day (1572), from which...